1 post tagged “bo diddley”

This is Bo Diddley from the concert movie "Let The Good Times Roll", which appeared around 1972.  He was one of a large number of 1950's groups and performers who performed for the then-younger generation.  The film included pictures and film clips of American life during the fifties, and was filmed in what I call the "Woodstock style":  often two or more screens, some mirror reflections, some of alternate locations, themes, and times.

Bo shared the stage with the Shirelles, Chuck Berry,  the Five Satins, Little Richard, the Coasters,  Chubby Checker, and many others.   At the end of the movie he and Chuck Berry made history by performing together for the very first time.

This is Bo as I'll always remember him.  Here you see the man who led the way for Jimi Hendrix and other musicians for decades to come.